Protect Our Elections
-by Justin Elliott October 4, 2012- A dark money nonprofit group that has run more than $1 million in ads in the Ohio race for U.S. Senate told the IRS…
-By Justin Sink and Cameron Joseph October 2, 2012- The conservative super-PAC backed by former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove announced Tuesday that it would purchase $11 million in…
October 2, 2012- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported an investment of $4 million to help 10 Republican congressional candidates in California and Illinois. The advertisements all begin…
From the numbers they cite to the illustrations they use, some of the televised anti-Obama commercials developed for conservative political groups are indistinguishable except for the disclaimer saying who approved…
A U.S. Court of Appeals panel reverses a decision requiring groups that run election-related TV ads to reveal their donors. Conservative groups spending heavily in the 2012 campaign cheer the…
Because of partisan gridlock in Washington, the Supreme Court has become the most powerful and outspoken branch of government – decisions they make shape our democracy’s fate for generations to…
-By Paul Blumenthal September 13, 2012- WASHINGTON -- All eyes are fixed on the money race between President Barack Obama, Republican nominee Mitt Romney and the outside groups cheering them…
-By Dan Froomkin August 31, 2012- WASHINGTON -- A new report from Congress' nonpartisan research arm suggests that the Internal Revenue Service won't have much patience with the argument from…
-By Sheelah Kolhatkar August 31, 2012- On the final morning of the Republican National Convention, Karl Rove took the stage at the Tampa Club to provide an exclusive breakfast briefing…
-By Peter H. Stone August 28, 2012- TAMPA, Fla. -- A shift of power from the official Republican party apparatus to an informal coalition of megadonors, super PACs and nonprofit…
-By Ned Resnikoff August 2, 2012- Fifty-seven percent of all super PAC donations in this election has come from a small circle of just 47 donors, says a new report…
-By Jason Easley July 24, 2012- In his new report, America For Sale: A Report on Billionaires Buying the 2012 Election, Sen. Bernie Sanders named names and called out the…
-By Eric W. Dolan July 25, 2012- A third complaint has been filed with the Federal Election Commission alleging that Crossroads GPS, a group co-founded by Republican strategist Karl Rove,…
-By Dina Rasor July 5, 2012- We interact with nonprofit organizations every day - little league, Girl Scouts, churches, League of Woman Voters, the PTA, the Rotary Club, volunteer firefighter…